DUBAI: Authorities in the UAE handed over alleged transnational cartel boss Daniel Kinahan to face trial in Ireland, official Emirati media reported on Sunday.
The 49-year-old Irishman allegedly ran a group out of Dubai that has been linked by US and European authorities to a vast criminal enterprise dealing in drug smuggling and money laundering.
The report published by the Emirates News Agency said justice ministers from the Gulf state and Ireland discussed Kinahan’s extradition during a recent phone call.
Kinahan “was extradited by the UAE to the Irish authorities at their formal request to face prosecution for offenses related to transnational organized crime, including allegations of leading a criminal organization, murder and illicit drug trafficking,” said the report.
Kinahan was arrested in Dubai in April after a warrant was issued in Ireland for “alleged serious organized crime offenses” and lost appeals against extradition.
